The Modern Blue

A couple of months ago, I stumbled on a book called Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe by Yumi Sakugawa. The back cover clearly explains what this book is about: “A hand-drawn path to inner peace”.

Thanks to Yumi, I now understand the kind of tea my demons enjoy, to say the least.

So, what doest tea-time with demons entail? Well, grab a blanket, a warm liquid of your…

I must have a word with you, Love. I have had a strange relationship with you, Love. Sometimes, I have feared you. Afraid of being wronged; of losing myself. Sometimes, I have expected you. Only to be deceived with emptiness. Sometimes, I have hated you. Because you made me have to work on myself first, and be patient beyond what I believed was possible. Yet… I must have a word with you,…

Little moments often define us more so than big ones. Don’t get me wrong; big moments are definitely important and should be celebrated, discussed, and memorialized. But the little ones.. the ones that we often experience by ourselves or in the company of a select few, the little ones that pass by in an instant, the little ones that unless we’d looked up in that moment, they would’ve passed by…

A Bartender’s Secret

Have you ever felt how at-home bartenders can make you feel? How easily you can open up to them as they’re drying gasses or serving drinks to other strangers? I’m sure at least one bartender or server has charmed you or a friend some day, for no particular reason that you could accurately pinpoint. Well, some bartenders have secrets. Some make deals with the darkness so they can continue to…

The curiosity of friendship

Friendship is essentially quite a simple concept. I give you something you want, you give me something I want, and in the process, we enjoy each other’s company. These friends can be strangers or family members or pets. It doesn’t really matter, as long as some form of understanding and exchange is there. Of course, there’s more complex delicacies between these exchanges of gifts, emotions,…

“Sometimes we need to sit down, grab a comfy blanket, make some tea - or coffee - and get to talking with our demons.  You can’t run away from them. Might as well get to know what their favourite type of cake is at tea-time...”